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Okay, here's some over-all stats relating to deaths in general according to JAMA for 2005:
Tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths) Poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%) Alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%) Microbial agents (75,000) Toxic agents (55,000) Motor vehicle crashes (43,000)(including drunk drivers) Incidents involving firearms (29,000) Sexual behaviors (STDs, hepatitis B and C, and cervical cancer) (20,000) Illicit use of drugs (17,000) So let's ban alcohol and tobacco too...together they make up almost 1/5th of the total deaths in the United states Far more than the <1-2% that firearms and cars cause. According to the FBI, in 2005 75% of gun deaths were by illegally obtained guns...so banning guns would get rid of 25% of the deaths, of which most of those are likely accidents and suicide...the suicides would still kill themselves anyway and accidents can be lessened by education, but they will always happen.
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